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The Imperialist

CHAPTER XII
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The fellows their folks give five or six hundred pounds to and tell them they're not expected back till they're making a living.

The best men find their level somewhere else, along recognized channels.

Lord knows we don't want them--this country's for immigrants.

We're manufacturing our own gentlemen quite fast enough for the demand." "I should think we were! Why, Lorne, Canadians--nice Canadians are just as gentlemanly as they can be! They'll compare with anybody.

Perhaps Americans have got more style:" she weighed the matter; "but Canadians are much better form, I think.


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